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==Landmarks==
*The [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], the official residence of the President of India. It was the [[Viceroy#India|viceroy]]'s residence before Indian independence.
*North Block and South Block, also called the [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi|Secretariat Building]]. North Block houses the offices of Finance and Home ministries. South Block hosts External affairs and Defense ministries. Other important offices like some of the Prime Ministers Offices are also in the Secretariat Buildings.
*Vijay Chowk is a spacious plaza and the site of [[Beating the Retreat]] ceremony, which takes place on 29 January each year, which marks the end of [[Republic Day]] celebrations, in which Military Bands, Pipes and Drums Bands, Buglers and Trumpeters from various Army Regiments besides bands of the Navy and Air Force take part, with the [[President of India]] as the Chief Guest.<ref name="pib">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=69432|title=Curtain Raiser – Beating Retreat Ceremony 2011|date=28 January 2011|publisher=Ministry of Defence}}</ref>
*[[India Gate]] is India's war memorial arch in honour of those who died in the [[First World War]] and the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]. It is also India's memorial of the unknown soldier.
*[[National War Memorial (India)|National War Memorial]], built to honour and remember soldiers of the Indian military who fought in armed conflicts of independent India. Since Independence, more than 25,000 soldiers of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] have been killed in various conflicts, humanitarian assistance and disaster response operations.